Chapter 145: The "Strange" Woman in the Capital

At night, because there were not enough rooms in the maisonette, Shen Yuan had to sleep with her grandmother. This was the first time in her life that she slept in the same bed with her grandmother.

"What did Master Yunkong say to you today?"

Shen Yuan spoke without hesitation, "The master said that I have a lot of wisdom and asked me if I want to become a monk."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me something serious."

Shen Yuan was patted on the forehead and cried out, "Grandma, why are you still hitting me?! He is a master, and he is very eloquent. What can he say to a little girl like me? I don't understand Buddhism."

"Forget it. It's a good thing that you didn't say anything." Old Madam Shen initially thought that it was a pity that her granddaughter didn't ask anything when she had such a good opportunity to talk to Master Yunkong face to face, an opportunity that many people couldn't ask for.

But then she thought, since Master Yunkong didn't say anything, doesn't that mean that her granddaughter is safe?

The next morning, Shen Yuan woke up to the sound of a loud bell. When she woke up, she was the only one in the room.

Qingdai, who had been waiting outside, heard the noise inside and opened the door and came in. "Miss, are you awake? Wait a moment and I'll go get some water."

"The girl woke up really early today."

"How can it be early? I have to sleep with my grandma, so I have to close my eyes and go to sleep early. Where is grandma?"

"The old lady and the eldest lady got up early in the morning and went to the main hall to listen to the master's lecture."

Shen Yuan yawned, "Then I'll go straight to breakfast later."

After leaving the courtyard where the women lived, Shen Yuan subconsciously glanced at the tallest tree outside, but of course he didn't see anything.

Shen Yuan asked Qing Dai, "Did you see the stone and wood yesterday?"

As soon as Shen Yuan finished speaking, two men in black appeared in front of her.

"I've seen a girl!"

"No... where did you two come from?!"

Mutou pointed back and saw the big tree. "It's right there, girl!"

"Can you two give me a show?"

This time, as soon as the words fell, two black shadows rose from the ground. Then the top of the branch moved slightly twice, and then there was no sound. There was no sign that there was anyone hiding there.

"Come down! Come and have dinner with me." Shen Yuan felt complicated. How could she have such a master? "I'll give you two a little extra monthly salary after we get home."

"Thank you, Miss!"

At this time, Shen Xi came over, "Manman - are you up? I was just about to call you."

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I just asked you to go have breakfast with me."

"Okay, let's go." Shen Yuan stepped forward and took Shen Xi's arm, and told her about the plump abbot of Yunjue Temple. "No wonder the abbot looks like that. I discovered last night that the vegetarian food here is so delicious, with plenty of oil and water, and even a lot of snacks! Let's go home this afternoon and bring some snacks back for my sister-in-law and brother to try."

Shen Yuan felt that if the chefs of Yunjue Temple opened a restaurant specializing in vegetarian food in the capital, they could earn another Yunjue Temple.

In most temples, vegetarian meals are served with vegetarian noodles and vegetarian buns. However, Yunjue Temple not only has vegetarian noodles, but also vegetarian chicken, duck, goose, and even vegetarian roasted suckling pig!

Monks abstain from meat and fish, but they cannot give up their appetite.

When Shen Yuan and Shen Xi arrived at the Zhaitang, they saw Old Madam Shen and the adults eating at the same table with a woman. They seemed to be having a pleasant conversation. Shen Yun was eating alone at the table next to them.

"Girl, we meet again?"

"Hello, Madam." Shen Yuan and Shen Xi bowed together.

"No need to be so polite. It seems we are destined to meet each other. We can see each other here."

The wife of Marquis Xuanping was named Liang Qingzi. She had a face as beautiful as a lotus and always smiled at everyone she saw. Old Lady Shen and the first lady had not been in the capital before and had never heard of her. They only knew that she became a widow at such a young age and they felt very sad for her.

Shen Yuan sat down directly next to her father, and the father and daughter looked at each other.

"Little girl, why are you peeking at me? Am I pretty?"

Shen Yuan didn't expect that he would be caught after secretly taking a few more glances.

But who is she? Shen Manman never knew how to write the word blush in her life. She just nodded and said, "I think Madam is so beautiful that I couldn't help but look at her a few more times."

Who doesn't like to be praised for being pretty? Hearing Shen Yuan say this, Liang Qingzi covered her mouth and laughed happily.

After breakfast, the family prepared to go down the mountain and go home. While Qingdai and the others were cleaning the house, Shen Yuan went out for a walk and saw Lady Xuanping Hou and the "strong man" behind her again.

Shen Yuan didn't know the inside story, she just thought the man was her bodyguard, and didn't think much about it, until she saw the man stretched out his hand and pinched the wife of Xuanping Marquis on the waist. Not only did the wife of Xuanping Marquis not dodge, she also stretched out her slender jade hand and pinched back...

This scene had a huge impact on Shen Yuan. Although she had seen many such scenes in novels, she had never seen such a scene in person.

Fortunately, the two of them were probably quite "self-absorbed", and neither of them looked back, so they didn't see the stunned Shen Yuan. She went back to the house in a daze.

When returning home, Shen Yuan was still in the same carriage with her father. When Shen Yun saw the look on the lady's face, he knew that she was probably going to say something again.

"Just say whatever you want to say. Why are you frowning like a kid?"

Shen Yuan was indeed embarrassed to tell her father about this. It wasn’t because she was shy, but because she was afraid that her father would be shy as well…

He simply changed the question and asked, "Is the wife of Marquis Xuanping also here to pray to Buddha and ask for divination?"

"What else can you do in a temple if you don't want to worship Buddha?"

"Then I don't think she believes in Buddhism."

"I heard her tell your grandmother that her child was sick and she came to ask for a talisman for safety."

"Child?" Shen Yuan asked subconsciously, "Whose?"

"How would I know?" Shen Yun had never heard that the wife of Marquis Xuanping had a child before, but no matter whose child it was, it was not Marquis Xuanping's.

Shen Yuan was stunned. In her heart, the wife of Marquis Xuanping was already the most "extraordinary woman" in the capital.

But this was just a small episode. After returning home, Shen Yuan put the matter out of her mind. Her brother's birthday was in two days. Although the siblings often quarreled, they still had a deep relationship.

Shen Yun returned to the Dali Temple on duty for the 24th time. After lunch, it was time for everyone to drink tea and chat.

"I heard that the wife of Marquis Xuanping returned to the capital, not only bringing a man, but also a child! The Liang family even asked a royal doctor to go, and the child seemed to be in poor health and had some deficiency."

The person who spoke was Lord Bai, the Dali Temple's famous "Bai Xiaosheng" in the capital. I don't know if it was because he was too idle on official business that he had time to inquire about this and that after getting off work.

Take this matter for example, no one even knew that the wife of Marquis Xuanping had a child, but he had found out that the child had a deficiency.

At that time, the fact that the Liang family's eldest daughter married the Marquis Xuanping as his second wife caused a small sensation in the capital. The Liang family and the Marquis Xuanping's mansion were considered a good match, but the problem was that the Marquis Xuanping was already over 60 years old at that time, while the Liang family's daughter was still a virgin.

Now, adults who heard about this all had one question, "Whose child is this?"